Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams

‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily Mail

NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.

Blessin Adams traded police work investigating today’s crime in the Norfolk Constabulary for academia, tracing the lives and deaths of people in early modern England. Blessin received her doctorate following research in early modern English law and literature at the University of East Anglia. As a fan of true crime she is fascinated by historical stories of murder and justice. She lives in Norfolk with her husband and two dogs, and is a beekeeper in her spare time.